How To Make South African Tomato Bredie

meat

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner, while pork is often less expensive.

bay leaves

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Dried herbs can provide similar flavor without the cost.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil offers health benefits, while sunflower oil is budget-friendly.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes are nutritious, while yams can be less expensive.

Cut leg of lamb into chunks, trimming excess fat and keeping bones for flavor.

Chop onions and smash garlic, then mince into a paste.

Toast spices (black/white peppercorns, bay leaves, dried chili flakes, cinnamon, coriander seeds) in a dry pan until aromatic.

Wrap toasted spices in a muslin cloth or use a spice grinder.

Heat a casserole dish on medium-high and add neutral oil; brown the meat well on all sides.

Add onions, garlic, and bay leaves; cook on low heat, deglazing with water if necessary.

Once onions are browned, add salt and deglaze again.

Stir in tomato paste and chopped tomatoes; add the bones if using.

Add sugar and top up with water or stock; add the spice bag and stir well.

Bring to a gentle boil or simmer, checking every 20 minutes and adding water or stock as needed.

After about an hour, add potatoes and top up with liquid; cover and cook for 20 minutes until potatoes are done.

Cook basmati rice by washing it, adding to a pot with water, bay leaves, salt, and butter; bring to boil, then simmer for 15 minutes and let rest for 3 minutes.

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